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    1. ’ She said with a grimace


    2. The two men grimace at each other regretfully


    3. ‘Hmmm …’ His answering smile turning into a grimace as we feel the boat starting to move ‘Looks as though we’re on our way to the shore


    4. sharing a grimace of concern with Jean, who was sitting


    5. then dropped it with a grimace of pain on his face


    6. The smile suddenly turned to a grimace, and he fell


    7. Liam held his shoulder with a grimace, while panting from exhaustion


    8. Not by friends, judging from the grimace that curled briefly on his lips


    9. She greeted him with a grimace on her face


    10. He gave her an exhausted grimace, clearly unhappy to be spoken to in such a fashion, especially by a woman

    11. Wake up already!” He poked at her head and shoulder, his face twisted with a grimace


    12. Whatever it was, it kept her face frozen in a grimace even after her head came to rest on the pillow in her tent


    13. The very mention of the name of the land forced a grimace and sneer from the bitter ghost-eyed man


    14. The other agent noticed his growing grimace


    15. Her eyes were closed but there was a slight grimace of pain sketched across her pale face


    16. Her lips crinkled in a grimace


    17. 'Jack? What are you doing with the bread knife?' The grimace became a pained smile


    18. He left without another word, wearing a grimace


    19. He smiled at me though I could see that this caused him pain and it was more like a grimace as he said


    20. “Hello Billy Boy I’m glad to see you’ve survived its nice to know that there are some of the old hands still alive”, I saw the grimace appear on his face again and I asked

    21. The thought made him grimace, but it wasn’t all bad


    22. Jimmy then stared at the man with a grimace that indicated obvious suspicion


    23. Eileen looking for all intents and purposes, like a modern Boadicea without a shield and Dave with the grimace of a devil mask


    24. The wine was as mellow as a steam hammer, but she held back her grimace


    25. She subdued a grimace and jogged after him, snow and ice crunching beneath her boots


    26. She hid a grimace


    27. Laura slid her sword into her scabbard, pushing the escaped strands of auburn hair from her face with a distracted grimace


    28. “What was it this time?” muttered Bru with a grimace


    29. “I guess you couldn’t get away with that anymore, not these days,” noted Chuck with a grimace


    30. Then Sharon started to grimace

    31. except to pain when she would grimace and a loud noise would


    32. Sharon would grimace with pain each time


    33. She would grimace in pain


    34. “I think she married a Lennox cop,” admitted Bru with a grimace


    35. “Yeah, yeah, we know where she lives,” grunted old Harold Lee, with a characteristic grimace


    36. Placing the tip at a certain point just ahead of the back leg, where there was a hint of swelling, he shoved it in, and pulled down with a grimace


    37. He laughed twice through a sneering grimace, the sound coming from deep within his throat while wiping spit from the corners of his mouth into his beard with the back of his hand


    38. He sniffed the air around the ragged, bloodied clothing, and a grimace of distaste and scorn appeared on his otherwise solidly expressionless face


    39. He rushed to her and held her but, noticing the other man bent over the body of the policeman, Truman’s face pulled into an angry grimace


    40. Raul, his mouth in a grimace, ignored Truman, returning his attention to the body and reverently crossing the arms over its chest

    41. His grimace was upturned again, remembering how he felt each time that this had happened


    42. He renewed his grimace of approval, as he wondered if they really got it


    43. It was over! He had won! He displayed the grimace of satisfaction, while giving a middle range hoot of invitation


    44. With a self-satisfied grimace he brought the stick down again


    45. Keinalone did not answer, except to flash him a grimace of sadness, while continuing the boldness of her stare


    46. Don’t snort it, he thought with a rueful grimace


    47. “If this is your idea of English charm, you’re more misguided than you look,” replied Nicole with a shake of her head and an almost sympathising grimace on her face


    48. Instead of one or the other, she only managed a crooked grimace which was either or and stood next to the table with her hand on the map


    49. She nodded and twisted her face in a regretful grimace


    50. Her only answer was a small grimace













































    1. " She grimaced at her reflection, making her pretty face as menacing as she could and then thought of the girl with the stain in her crotch


    2. Underneath the obligatory hood I grimaced and prepared myself to play the game of survival


    3. The sergeant forced a chuckle, then took her chin in his hand and grimaced


    4. Lucky for some, he grimaced


    5. Kassim grimaced and buried his face into the ferns


    6. Grinly grimaced, ‘No, damn it! They had the


    7. Desa shuddered over that, and grimaced “Are you safe from it now?” she asked


    8. concerned face towards his wife and grimaced


    9. his head towards the stranger and grimaced


    10. Nicola grimaced at the direct affront to Dertois Law

    11. But she merely groaned, grimaced and re-steadied herself


    12. She grimaced and bore the pain and discomfort for a brief moment until the feeling passed


    13. Sebastian grimaced at his messy shirt in disgust


    14. Joseph and I looked at each other and he clasped my hand so tightly, I must have grimaced, because he loosened his grip


    15. ” Sebastian rolled him over and grimaced


    16. I heard it was absolute carnage with dead everywhere”, he grimaced as he said this


    17. she went to lower herself into bed Jack grimaced as he surveyed


    18. Jack nodded and grimaced


    19. like… I grimaced, horrified at the discovered identity of the animal


    20. He should have winced or grimaced with disgust, but all he could do was stare at Millicent, unable to tear his gaze away from her

    21. He nodded and grimaced


    22. Raven grimaced as he saw him in his peripheral vision


    23. Liz grimaced and said, “Ouch


    24. Liz grimaced and said, “I’ll wait in the car


    25. Nathan grimaced at the thought of Esther wearing a bra that had been returned by someone like Rita and went to get him her tea


    26. She grimaced, then smiled and said, “I had already thought about Missy Felicity, and I


    27. After finishing, she grimaced at the date


    28. She grimaced, and asked how I felt about it


    29. Daltrez grimaced as he fought the pain within his body


    30. I grimaced and she laughed

    31. I must have grimaced, as she stopped, gave me a concerned look and then had to laugh


    32. ” He grimaced as his head brushed the underside of the wharf


    33. Amaranthe grimaced; it seemed her suspicions about Arbitan being a wizard were correct


    34. “What’s that?” he gasped, and Chuck grimaced


    35. Bob grimaced at that one


    36. There’s plenty more where that came from,” and he grimaced in agreement


    37. “I haven’t got there yet,” he grimaced


    38. She grimaced as though the memory pained her


    39. His face grimaced at the thought of the euphemism


    40. Lanris took a whiff, grimaced and shuddered reflexively

    41. Hilderich came to for a moment, moaned deeply and grimaced with pain, and then he was out cold again


    42. Celia’s grimaced with horror at the prospect, and protested:


    43. Giggling with delight as the first chomp affirmed what his leader had shown, he grimaced his victory over the others who had been slower to comprehend


    44. Hilderich grimaced with distaste at the sight of the greenish liquid, an expression to which the machine answered with a derisive comment wholly intended for Hilderich’s ears:


    45. He barely grimaced while the scotch ran down his throat and asked tersely:


    46. ―I‘ll be quick,‖ I said as I grimaced and nodded before going into the house and then on into the living room, which was away from the outside noise


    47. Faith promptly made a dreadful one back at him, and, in her anger over being grimaced at by Bertie Shakespeare, forgot her stage fright


    48. Wynne grimaced and clicked the device shut again, careful to hold it on the


    49. Cloud grimaced as


    50. He grimaced as he felt











































    1. As though reading my mind, he grimaces at me before smiling ruefully and lowering his eyes to the plate he is holding


    2. Ted grimaces and rubs his teeth with his forefinger


    3. One could recognise them instantly by their grimaces and their begging for ice blocks at the mess


    4. Or, was she remembering what Gene Frazer said about her fights with her son? She wasn’t sure but, in a confusing whirl of knife blades, ceiling beams, fat cheeks waggling with laughter, squinty-eyed grimaces while his cock befouled her, taut shoulder muscles, angry shrieking, a dagger penetrating the soft flesh below her chin as she contorted her neck to escape it, blood trickling along her neck, the color red, a wash of green, a snickering cockroach crawling over her, red again, the ceiling, black, all black, it ended


    5. Quickly the males followed showing the grimaces of pleasure at the game that they felt that he had led them into, with the young, trilling little giggles of pleasure as they raced after, scuffing sand out of the many marks as they were made


    6. He grimaces in pain yet remains silent


    7. “Hmm?” She grimaces and then realizes her mistake


    8. “What tone?” He grimaces


    9. “What are you doing?” He grimaces


    10. At the memory of women once more, he grimaces but pulls the regret up sharply before it can interfere with his mind-magic

    11. Before the words are out of his mouth, he knows how petty they sound, and how much of the anger would be better directed towards himself, but Annyeke merely grimaces


    12. He misses, grimaces at his failure and makes one last effort to hold the jewel in flight


    13. At this caveat, Simon grimaces


    14. ” Cherrie grins and grimaces while cranking the steering wheel


    15. He grimaces as his thoughts advance


    16. He grimaces stands up and growls, “So you're withholding my money to teach me a lesson? Is that it? This is punishment?”


    17. He sniffs the air once, grimaces, and frowns at the girl: her eyes are closed and her entire body is shuddering from the nausea


    18. Some just stared at him with quizzical faces and grimaces and furrowed brows


    19. Anthony grimaces ever so subtly that I wouldn't have noticed had I not been staring at him


    20. She grimaces, and swallows thickly, her fingers digging into his shoulders

    21. So this theory, even though denying that children instinctively understand grimaces, is still based on the fact that all human beings make the same, inborn grimace upon feeling X


    22. The Italians were noisy in their talk, extroverted in their laugh and if their hands, gestures and grimaces emitted sound, the decibel count would have been deafening


    23. barely educated and his English consisted of ten words, a dozen grimaces and a hundred gestures


    24. We had, in the course of time, developed a minor vocabulary of looks, smiles, grimaces and gestures that allowed us to communicate and share a few private, unuttered thoughts, understandings and amusement


    25. He grimaces as he feels the scraping against his lower back: he thinks that he’s going to pass out, but as he has told himself before, he must keep on going


    26. grimaces of pain, something in her had sprung back to life with a temporary vengeance and


    27. The position appeared by no means to please him, however, with an increasing rabble surrounding the coach, deriding him, making grimaces at him,


    28. But, at last, I think she begins to know me: I don't perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that provoked me at first; and the senseless incapability of discerning that I was in earnest when I gave her my opinion of her infatuation and herself


    29. The former was still rubbing his legs, with Small grimaces of pain


    30. Heyward took the gourd, and after swallowing a little of the water, threw it aside with grimaces of discontent

    31. " We have forgotten to mention, that the count's coachman was attired in a bear-skin, exactly resembling Odry's in "The Bear and the Pasha;" and the two footmen behind were dressed up as green monkeys, with spring masks, with which they made grimaces at every one who passed


    32. As soon as the coach had drawn up the little man turned to Candlewick and with a thousand smirks and grimaces said to him, smiling:


    33. It was only by an exertion of force that her mother brought her up to him, hanging back, and manifesting her reluctance by odd grimaces; of which, ever since her babyhood, she had possessed a singular variety, and could transform her mobile physiognomy into a series of different aspects, with a new mischief in them, each and all


    34. The nurse bustles over and grimaces at Werner


    35. But when they did, their grimaces of pain turned suddenly to broad white smiles, smiles that decades later would flicker across old newsreels, illuminating the greatest moment of their lives


    36. of his habitual grimaces, alternately screwing and widening his mouth;


    37. Featherstone's face required its whole scale of grimaces as a


    38. The particular faults from which these delicate generalities are distilled have distinguishable physiognomies, diction, accent, and grimaces; filling up parts in very various dramas


    39. But then he grimaces and slowly gets back on his feet


    40. But, at last, I think she begins to know me: I don’t perceive the silly smiles and grimaces that provoked me at first; and the senseless incapability of discerning that I was in earnest when I gave her my opinion of her infatuation and herself

    41. The chase abounds in grimaces and in comical postures


    42. The two children gazed with timid and stupefied respect on this intrepid and ingenious being, a vagabond like themselves, isolated like themselves, frail like themselves, who had something admirable and all-powerful about him, who seemed supernatural to them, and whose physiognomy was composed of all the grimaces of an old mountebank, mingled with the most ingenuous and charming smiles


    43. At the same time, over his childish countenance which was, at once so impudent and so serious, so giddy and so profound, so gay and so heart-breaking, passed all those grimaces of an old man which signify: Ah bah! impossible! My sight is bad! I am dreaming! can this be? no, it is not! but yes! why, no! etc


    44. His face, an inexhaustible repertory of masks, produced grimaces more convulsing and more fantastic than the rents of a cloth torn in a high gale


    45. Leaning a little back on my bench, I could see the looks and grimaces with which they commented on this manoeuvre: it was a pity Mr


    46. For caresses, too, I now got grimaces; for a pressure of the hand, a pinch on the arm; for a kiss on the cheek, a severe tweak of the ear


    47. Kedril listens, makes grimaces, and amuses the spectators by his reflections "aside


    48. “What on earth is she afraid of, then? Tell me plainly, without any more beating about the bush,” said the prince, exasperated by the other’s mysterious grimaces


    49. “I was thinking that you, like every respectable person in similar circumstances, would act openly and candidly and straightforwardly, and not humiliate yourself with comical antics and silly grimaces, and ridiculous complaints and detestable innuendoes, which only heap greater shame upon you


    50. But, good heavens! what a business the borrowing was! And with what a countenance he asked for the loan! I could not have imagined that on such a small space as the wrinkled, angular face of that little man room could be found, at one and the same time, for so many different grimaces, for such strange, variously characteristic shades of feeling, such absolutely killing expressions




    1. “Life is a brief and ugly thing”, he whispered to himself, grimacing


    2. ’ He said grimacing as he gingerly touched a contusion on his face


    3. He retrieved the spear, grimacing at the sucking noise it made and moved to the front of the deer


    4. Standing in the sitting room, she perused the plan of the site which hung on the wall, grimacing as she tried to fathom its intricacies


    5. seeing Sandini's face grimacing as he lifted the jar to his


    6. “We put in a lot of years for that aluminum,” she said, grimacing with the memories of the hassle it had been to sell it far from the Kassikan


    7. Alec rubbed his wrist, grimacing


    8. Janice noticed that Axel was starting to stumble a little as he walked, grimacing at the pain


    9. Grimacing in pain, he held his hands in front of him, their flesh charred like overcooked meat


    10. Sheathing his sword he studied the note closely, still grimacing - but now more so in anger than revulsion

    11. ” she stopped suddenly, pretending to only just notice the three grimacing faces confronting them


    12. His head soon followed, his face grimacing in pain


    13. Cherva growled quietly, grimacing as the small badger pressed his claw harder into his neck


    14. “I don’t have one,” Frank said, holding onto his side where he’d been kicked, grimacing as though badly hurt


    15. Chandio sat back, grimacing in distaste as his minder fished about in his mouth


    16. She also told me that the grimacing and


    17. He had his butt up in the air, and he was grimacing with pain


    18. He reached out and gathered her to him, grimacing his approval as their little one raced over to stand close


    19. as she saw him, grimacing in pain as she clutched her chest


    20. She brushed herself off, grimacing as her fingers brushed a tender patch on her leg

    21. “Oh yeah” she said grimacing “Good luck” she said, stopping in the hallway


    22. I pause, grimacing as I turn to face him with exaggerated slowness


    23. grimacing at the state of her garments, stained and creased as they were after several weeks of unwilling but necessary neglect


    24. last here,” he said, grimacing from the exertion


    25. “As I go up,” he continued, grimacing slightly at the thought, “I’ll keep my eyes on the path just ahead, to see what’s around the next corner


    26. King Njal's eyes bulged from his grimacing, pain-twisted face


    27. there, grimacing against the glare of the water and sun, I


    28. I tried to hide my grimacing face in the sweatshirt


    29. ” His face would wrinkle into a grimacing, pungent look


    30. ” His face would wrinkle into a grimacing, pungent

    31. grimacing hard as the pain lanced


    32. grimacing, squirming of the face and pressure caused by induced


    33. He had put them so soak for nearly an hour before touching them, grimacing as he handled the underwear


    34. S’us fell on her back, grimacing in pain


    35. As soon as a hand appeared on the edge, searching for a grip, Otto put one boot on it and lit his flashlight, illuminating the grimacing face of a major of the British commandos


    36. Now facing her, a grimacing gargoyle seemed to mock her, attracting a smile on her face


    37. Continuing her swirling move while crouching down, she then swept one leg around, sending the Russian, who was grimacing with pain from the blow to his ribs, down to the mat


    38. His breath completely taken away, Borisov rolled slowly on his stomach, grimacing with pain while Nancy stood up, clearly able to strike again at will to finish him


    39. The Guards officer shrugged as he looked at Manheim, who was grimacing with pain as two soldiers applied a field dressing to his gaping wound


    40. His fragile back now hurting after sitting for hours on the benches of the House, John Kennedy slowly got up, grimacing with pain, then returned slowly to his office to go get his crutches

    41. could, fixing his balls with one hand, clutching his back with the other, grimacing and


    42. They saw her contort with spasms while grimacing with pain, but they didn’t realize that she was actually faking it: Demons were naturally immune to damage from a number of things, one of them being electricity


    43. He slid into his buckled brown shoes and stumbled down the hall, grimacing at the stomach pain


    44. Mark turned around in time to face a bull-like charge by the snob’s bodyguard, who was still grimacing with pain


    45. He grimacing one of his more


    46. grimacing boy was calm, col ected and stil slowly plodding in George’s direction,


    47. Sam was swimming slow and grimacing as he made his way toward them


    48. I can see the drama queens grimacing


    49. The Japanese sailor, grimacing with pain, still tried to raise his rifle, but the front of his head suddenly exploded, spraying Elizabeth with blood and gore


    50. Feeling blood coming out profusely from his left leg, he took out of a pocket a field dressing pad and ripped it open, then applied it as best he could on his wound, grimacing with pain as he did so










































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    Synonyms for "grimace"

    face grimace make a face pull a face smirk sneer mug mop mow

    "grimace" definitions

    a contorted facial expression


    contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state